tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30574482011-04-21T22:21:38.546-07:00Lothian and Borders Fire Brigade/Ffw PlattlingA social partnership between Lothian and Borders Fire Brigade Group9 (Galashiels, Selkirk & Melrose) personnel and Freiwillige Feuerwehr Stadt Plattling (Bavaria)anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01006862004288213305noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057448.post-41117392001-06-17T12:42:00.000-07:002005-04-12T08:41:27.093-07:00 THE HISTORY OF THE PARTNERSHIPIn 1965 a young airman (Royal Air Force) was posted from his home base of Butzweilerhop near Cologne in northern Germany, to a small radio outstation located just outside the southern Bavarian town of Plattling am Isar.This was an unusual posting within the Royal Air Force, with 5 airman under the anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01006862004288213305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057448.post-41112832001-06-17T11:58:00.000-07:002003-04-20T04:58:38.000-07:00The Fire Brigade Partnership formally established in 1998 has spawned other contacts between the Scottish Borders towns of Selkirk, Galashiels and Melrose. These contacts include a formal twinning arrangement between the towns of Selkirk and Plattling, Police Partnership, Music groups, school groups, sporting groups and many private exchange visits and friendships.
The full story of how this anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01006862004288213305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3057448.post-41109422001-06-17T11:25:00.000-07:002001-06-17T11:25:48.436-07:00"We, the undersigned, being representatives of Group9 (Galashiels, Selkirk and Melrose) LOTHIAN AND BORDERS FIRE BRIGADE, undertake to encourage and promote continued social contact between ourselves and FREIWILLIGE FEUERWEHR STADT PLATTLING.
This committment is undertaken with a view to developing meaningful and genuine interest in our respective countries, local areas and fire brigade anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01006862004288213305noreply@blogger.com